Buckingham v. State

CHRISTIE, Justice:

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Appellant appeals his convictions of various specific crimes. He also appeals from a holding that he is an habitual criminal under 11 Del.C. § 4214(a) 1 and from his sentencing under that statute. We affirm his criminal convictions, but we set aside his sentencing under the habitual criminal act.

On April 8, 1983, at around 9:30 p.m., a man dressed in green pants and a denim jacket, wearing a ski mask, ran across the front of the Millsboro Acme grocery store and rushed into the store manager’s enclosure. Inside the booth, the man pointed a gun at the manager and demanded…